Last month, the reunited post-Britpop greats Doves released “Carousels,” their first new song in 11 years. It was a promising reintroduction to the band, landing amongst our favorite songs of the week. All of this was, presumably, only the beginning of a whole new chapter, leading to the new album Doves promised when they first […]
Jessy Lanza – “Anyone Around”
Jessy Lanza has a new album, All The Time, coming out in a couple of weeks. We’ve already heard two tracks, “Lick In Heaven” and “Face.” And today she’s sharing a third, LP opener “Anyone Around,” an intoxicating electronic plea for human connection that Lanza wrote after moving to New York. The collaborative music video […]
June Of 44 Release First New Recording In 21 Years: Listen
In 1994, four members of various different beloved underground rock bands — Lungfish, Hoover, Codeine, Rodan — got together to form a new group called June Of 44. Over the rest of the ’90s, June Of 44 perfected a distinctively tingly, evocative, layered sound — mathy but not math-rock, slow but not slowcore, emotive but […]
Arcade Fire Members Will Butler & Jeremy Gara Announce Solo Albums
Arcade Fire have been working on a new album under quarantine, but in the meantime two members of the band are releasing albums of their own. Multi-instrumentalist Will Butler and drummer Jeremy Gara (pictured) both announced new projects this week, both with September release dates. Butler will follow up his 2015 solo debut Policy (which […]
Vampire Weekend Drop 'Live in Florida' EP From 'Father of the Bride' Tour
Vampire Weekend has released a new live EP that will remind fans what it was like to go to a live show (since that obviously isn’t happening for a while). Titled Live in Florida, the EP was recorded at a pair of the band’s show at St. Augustine Amphitheatre and at the James L. Knight Center […]
Lana Del Rey's Spoken Word LP Gets Release Date
After its announcement back in April, Lana Del Rey’s spoken word album, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, finally has a release date. While Del Rey posted that “dates for the release of the audiobook and the physical book tomorrow!” Amazon has posted that the audiobook will drop on July 28 while the hardcover book […]
Mariah Carey to Release Tell-All Memoir in September
Mariah Carey will release her memoir, The Meaning of Mariah, in September. The book, which will be out through Andy Cohen Books (an imprint of Henry Holt & Company), will detail her life beginning with her childhood to her rise to fame as a chart-topping singer to everything else that went on in her life, including […]
Lomelda – "Wonder"
Lomelda have a new album on the way. Today, the Band To Watch is announcing Hannah, the follow-up to last year’s M For Empathy, Her last album was released all at once and recorded entirely during a weekend trip back to her hometown in Texas — she’s now based in Los Angeles — but new […]
Erasure – “Shot A Satellite”
Since 1985, Yaz/early Depeche Mode mastermind Vince Clarke been one half of the great synthpop duo Erasure alongside singer Andy Bell. Next month, they’re coming back with their 18th studio album, The Neon, and opening track and lead single “Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)” sounded like classic Erasure. New song “Shot A Satellite,” […]
Erasure Share 'Shot a Satellite' From Upcoming Album 'The Neon'
Last month, synthpop duo Erasure announced that they would be releasing their 18th studio album in August. Now, the British duo has another new song to showcase of what’s to come on The Neon. “Shot a Satellite” has a spunky, familiar synth that would be at home (literally) either at a quarantine dance party or perhaps […]